Đàm Thanh Sơn

Đàm Thanh Sơn (born 1969) is a Vietnamese theoretical physicist working in quantum chromodynamics, applications of string theory and many-body physics.[1]

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Đàm. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Sơn.
Dam Thanh Son
Born1969 (age 51–52)
Hanoi, North Vietnam
NationalityVietnamese
Alma materInstitute for Nuclear Research
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
Theoretical physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
University of Chicago
MIT
Columbia University
Doctoral advisorValery Rubakov
Websitehttp://home.uchicago.edu/~dtson/

Early life and education

Born in North Vietnam, Sơn received his Ph.D. at the Institute for Nuclear Research in Moscow in 1995.

Career

Sơn was a postdoc at the University of Washington from 1995 to 1997, and the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2002 he was a professor at Columbia University and a RIKEN-BNL fellow. He moved to Seattle in 2002 when he became a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Nuclear Theory and a professor in the Physics Department, University of Washington. Then in 2012, he moved to Chicago and became the 19th person to hold a University Professorship at University of Chicago.

In the media

He is known for being the face of an online meme, 'Dam Son', which features a picture of Đàm Thanh Sơn in his primary school years.[2]

Honors

References
  1. Uni Chicago
  2. "dam son | High School Senior Yearbook Photos". Know Your Meme. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  3. Dirac Medal ICTP 2018
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